Social Welfare Act 2005

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Number 30 of 2005

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Definitions.
2.	Social insurance benefits (new rates).
3.	Social assistance payments (new rates).
4.	Family income supplement (new weekly rates).
5.	Employment contributions (amendment to earnings limits and ceiling).
6.	Optional contributions (amendment to income ceiling).
7.	Maternity benefit.
8.	Adoptive benefit.
9.	One-parent family payment — amendments to calculation of weekly means.
10.	Conditions for receipt — relevant payments.
11.	Carer's allowance.
12.	Supplementary welfare allowance — assessment of means improvement.
13.	Amendment to Health Contributions Act 1979.
14.	Short title and construction.

Acts Referred to
Health Contributions Act 1979	1979, No. 4
Social Welfare Act 1973	1973, No. 10
Social Welfare Act 2004	2004, No. 41
Social Welfare Acts
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005	2005, No. 26

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Number 30 of 2005

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT 2005

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS AND TO AMEND THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT 1979.

[16th December, 2005]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: